7 On-Campus Banking and Finance MSc Degree Programs in Switzerland

The MSc in International Financial Management is your ticket into the finance department of international companies. Our Master’s programme offers an excellent education, preparing its graduates to excel in all areas relevant to the CFO of the future. The high level of practical relevance, the personal learning atmosphere, and the diverse student body are key differentiators of our graduates’ success. The variety of semester time models, three majors, and several electives lets students tailor their studies to their individual needs.

A practice-oriented and research-based finance programme. Ranked as one ranked as one of the world's 55 best finance study programmes by the Financial Times, CFA affiliated, AACSB accredited. The MSc in Banking and Finance prepares you for a successful career in the financial sector. The programme is both research-based and strongly practically orientated. It allows you to study in a personal atmosphere at Switzerland’s leading finance research institute among the universities of applied sciences and arts.

Kick-start your career with an FT top-ranked Master’s in Finance and specialise in banking, quantitative finance or digital finance.

Upon successful completion of the study program students receive an international private Master in International Management (MIM) degree with a specialization in Financial Management, awarded by the school's main campus in Zurich, Switzerland, based on the recommendation of the faculty of the local campuses where credits were earned, and upon the recommendation of the school's Academic Council.

The Master program in Investor Relations and Financial Communication offers students the unique opportunity to acquire an integrated set of competencies, including financial, communicative, legal and language knowledge, which is strong and increasingly required in the financial sector. The financial sector is facing new challenges: people working in such an environment are expected to master, besides a solid financial background, also strong capacities in communicating with clients and investors and a mature awareness of the legal framework in which financial services and products are promoted and transactions are negotiated.

In this program, students will understand how to manage portfolios by using quantitative methods and to assess the investments risks. In addition to providing strong theoretical bases, professors aim to teach the participants to apply their newly gained « know-how ». The orientation in Corporate Finance focuses on Investments, Distribution & Risk Management in order to a conduct thorough financial analysis of various companies. The orientation in Asset and Risk Management requires highly quantitative skills in order to make the best possible investment decisions considering the financial risk. In the new orientation in Financial Entrepreneurship and Data Science, students will get, in addition to a traditional finance curriculum, training on entrepreneurship - that is, how to create their own company, as well as training on the challenges that large data-sets represent.

Wealth Management is a leading activity in the financial industry in Switzerland and in the world. There is a growing demand for wealth management experts with both finance and law training. That is why the Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) at the University of Geneva offers the Master of Science in Wealth Management (GEMWeM).